TERMS & CONDITIONS

PRIVACY & GDPR

Privacy Notice
European Boating Industry
Last updated: 01/07/2026

1. Who we are

European Boating Industry (“EBI”, “we”, “us”) is the European association representing the recreational boating and nautical tourism industry.

Controller: European Boating Industry
Address: Square de Meeûs 35, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Telephone: +32 (0) 472 44 59 57
Website: https://europeanboatingindustry.eu/

For any privacy-related question or to exercise your rights, please contact us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line “Data protection request”.

2. Scope of this notice

This notice explains how EBI processes personal data when you:

visit our website;
contact us;
subscribe to our newsletter;
register for or participate in events, meetings, projects or initiatives;
interact with us as a member, partner, stakeholder, media representative, or other contact;
interact with us on social media.

This notice does not cover third-party websites or platforms linked from our website. Those providers are responsible for their own privacy practices.

3. Personal data we process

Depending on your interaction with EBI, we may process:

identity data: name, title, organisation, role or function;
contact data: email address, telephone number, postal address;
professional data: employer, sector, membership, event participation;
communication data: messages you send us, enquiries, correspondence, feedback;
newsletter data: email address, subscription preferences, consent status, opening/click statistics where enabled;
event data: registration details, attendance, dietary or accessibility information where you provide it;
member-area data: username, login credentials, access rights, member organisation;
technical data: IP address, browser type, device information, logs, cookie identifiers, website usage data;
social media data: public profile information and messages where you interact with EBI social media pages.

We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data through the website. Please do not send us sensitive personal data unless necessary for a specific purpose, such as accessibility arrangements for an event.

4. Why we process personal data and legal bases

Purpose	Examples of data	Legal basis
Website operation and security	IP address, logs, device/browser data	Legitimate interests: operating, securing and improving the website
Responding to enquiries	Name, email, organisation, message	Legitimate interests: responding to contacts and managing relationships; pre-contractual steps where relevant
Newsletter subscription	Email address, name if provided, consent record, engagement metrics	Consent; legitimate interests for limited administrative management of the mailing list
EBI membership administration	Contact details, organisation, role, correspondence	Contract or pre-contractual steps; legitimate interests; legal obligations where applicable
Member-only access	Login details, access rights, logs	Contract or legitimate interests: providing restricted member resources and securing access
Events, meetings and webinars	Registration, attendance, contact details, preferences	legitimate interests; consent for optional communications or photos where required; attendance management
Advocacy, policy and stakeholder engagement	Professional contact details, organisation, correspondence	Legitimate interests: representing the recreational boating and nautical tourism sector, engaging with institutions and stakeholders
EU-funded projects and partnerships	Contact details, project role, correspondence	Contract; legal obligations; legitimate interests
Press and communications	Journalist contacts, press enquiries, media lists	Legitimate interests: handling media relations and requests
Legal and compliance	Records, correspondence, invoices where relevant	Legal obligations; legitimate interests: establishment, exercise of legal aspects
Non-essential cookies or analytics	Cookie identifiers, usage analytics	Consent, where required by ePrivacy rules and GDPR

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we assess that our interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests at any time.

5. Newsletter

You can subscribe to EBI’s newsletter through forms or links on our website. Our newsletter subscription uses Mailchimp.

For newsletter processing, we use your personal data to send updates about EBI, policy developments, events, projects, publications and related sector news.

You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us. If we use analytics in newsletters, such as open rates and click rates, we will use this to understand engagement and improve our communications.

6. Cookies and similar technologies

Our website may use cookies to:

make the website work;
secure the website;
remember preferences;
measure website traffic and performance;
embed or link to third-party content.

7. Who receives your data

We may share personal data with:

website hosting and IT service providers;
email and newsletter service providers;
event registration, webinar or meeting platforms;
CRM, document-management or collaboration tools;
professional advisers, auditors and accountants;
EU project partners where necessary for project administration;
public authorities, courts or regulators where legally required;
social media platforms where you interact with EBI pages.

We do not sell personal data.

8. How long we keep personal data

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above.

9. Your rights

Subject to the conditions in the GDPR, you have the right to:

request access to your personal data;
request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
request erasure of your data;
request restriction of processing;
object to processing based on legitimate interests;
withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent;
request data portability where applicable;
object to direct marketing at any time;
lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

10. How to exercise your rights

Please send your request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We may ask you to provide information needed to verify your identity. We will respond within one month, unless the request is complex or numerous, in which case the GDPR allows an extension.

11. Security

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access. These measures may include access controls, secure hosting, staff confidentiality, backups, software updates and security monitoring.

No website or electronic communication system is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your data.

12. Third-party links and social media

Our website may link to third-party websites and platforms, including LinkedIn, YouTube, Google Maps and Mailchimp-hosted pages. When you use those platforms, their own privacy notices apply. EBI is not responsible for third-party privacy practices.

14. Changes to this notice

We may update this notice from time to time. The latest version will be published on this page with the date of update. Where changes are material, we will take reasonable steps to bring them to your attention.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Welcome to European Boating Industry

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of European Boating Industry's Website.

European Boating Industry is located at:

35 square de Meeus, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions in full. Do not continue to use European Boating Industry's website if you do not accept all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and any or all Agreements: “Client”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person accessing this website and accepting the Company’s terms and conditions. “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the Client and ourselves, or either the Client or ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner, whether by formal meetings of a fixed duration, or any other means, for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services/products, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of Belgium. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalisation and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

License

Unless otherwise stated, European Boating Industry and/or it’s licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on European Boating Industry. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may view and/or print pages from http://www.europeanboatingindustry.eu/ for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

Republish material from http://www.europeanboatingindustry.eu/
Sell, rent or sub-license material from http://www.europeanboatingindustry.eu/
Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from http://www.europeanboatingindustry.eu/

Redistribute content from European Boating Industry (unless content is specifically made for redistribution).

Iframes

Without prior approval and express written permission, you may not create frames around our Web pages or use other techniques that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Web site.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Web site. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Web site upon such request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our Web site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Web site or any linked website objectionable for any reason, you may contact us about this. We will consider requests to remove links but will have no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you.

Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Content Liability

We shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your Web site. You agree to indemnify and defend us against all claims arising out of or based upon your Website. No link(s) may appear on any page on your Web site or within any context containing content or materials that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in respect of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill). Nothing in this disclaimer will:

limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer or in relation to the subject matter of this disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.

To the extent that the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

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